Edward P. Carville

Edward Peter Carville (14 May 1885-27 June 1956) was Governor of Nevada from 2 January 1939 to 24 July 1945 (succeeding Richard Kirman Sr. and preceding Vail M. Pittman) and a US Senator from 25 July 1945 to 3 January 1947 (succeeding James G. Scrugham and preceding George W. Malone).

Biography
Edward Peter Carville was born in Mound Valley, Elko County, Nevada in 1885, and he became a lawyer in Elko in 1909. He served as deputy district attorney from 1910 to 1911, as Elko County District Attorney from 1912 to 1918, as a US Attorney for Nevada from 1934 to 1938, as Governor from 1939 to 1945, and as a US Senator from 1945 to 1947. He failed to secure renomination in 1946, and he died in 1956.